BFG Mud Terrain or All Terrain for a year round tire in Colorado

I just moved to Denver from Mobile Alabama. In the past I have always sworn by the Mud Terrain for my Jeep and it has been a fantastic tire.

Denver is a whole nother animal. Snow and rocks and mud.

I am currently running 265/75/16s on my 16' DCSB Offroad. I'm thinking I'm going to go up to the 255/85/16.

I am planning on doing a considerable amount of offroading. That is one of the main reasons for moving out to Denver. My Taco is a nice truck for me and I paid what I consider to be alot of money for it so I will not be beating the shit out of it.

I am not married to the BFG. I have just had good experience in the past. I want the best tires for the conditions to increase my comfort (read confidence) off road. This is my daily driver. So I'm not looking for Super Swampers. Although, they are the best tires I have ever owned for off road in AL. I am willing to sacrifice the on road ride a bit to get the off road performance.

I'm looking for advice from those with experience off roading in and around the Rockies.

Thanks for all you guys and gals do!

 

Duratrac's are great and will handle all weather types. Only thing to point out is they like to be rotated often (Every 3k miles).

 

if you plan on driving (and staying) on pavement in snow/ice conditions, M/Ts are not going to be great

 

If you're going to drive it year round and are concerned about winter performance you'll be better off with an AT. MTs generally don't do that well in snow and ice, though you can get them sipped to help out. The best winter traction will be from dedicated snow tires, barring that look for the 3 peak symbol. This is a significant improvement over the M+S rating. If you're talking about off-road snow performance in deep snow, what you really want is some chains.


EDIT: saw the size you're planning on running, I run the same. Be aware there's very limited options for tires that aren't MTs. Have a look at this sheet I put together. As far as I can tell, it has every 255/85R16 option currently on the market. You'll be better off with the commercial traction tires from that list.

 

Doesn't look like the Duratrac's come in 255/85/16.

Doesn't look like the BFG Allterrain's do either...

 

This seems to be what I'm reading.

 

Awesome!! Thanks for the list!

On your list the only non MT tires are the Toyo M55 and the Cooper Discoverer ST Maxx. Of those two it appears the Maxx is nearly $100 cheaper per tire. I believe I have read some positive reviews on the Maxx not sure I have read much/ anything about the M55.

I'll see what I can find.

 

i probably wouldn't want to run an m/t all year round, they aren't the greatest when the roads get icy

 

I liked my yoko go15s.

 

General Grabbers. end thread/

 

Duratracs have never let me down in snow, loose rock, wet asphalt, gravel roads, sand, and even have gotten me through clay mud

 

I’ve tried many different tires over the years, pretty much every tire mentioned in this thread so far and I always come back to the BFGs. They aren’t perfect, but I’ve been happiest with them. For almost 40 years I lived along the Wasatch front so snow driving was a must. Currently have KM3s but will probably do KO2s for my needs for my next tires.

 

Sorry I missed the size part. You will be vert limited with that size. I know most go with a Cooper STT Pro but I understand they are not that great in cold snowy conditions.

 

MT are the worst for driving on roads and streets in the winter.

3Peak are better than the MT tires, check it Toyo Open Country ATIII.

Best and safest for you, your family, friends, and everyone else in the road for driving in Colorado in the winter are Dedicated Winter Tires.

Look at it this way, ride on MT from mid April to November for the best off road traction. Then swap to Winters from November to mid April.

 

I run STT Pros year round in Colorado, but I live way out in Salida where our highest speed limit is 35mph, we have 1 stop light, and the population is 5000 people. The only time I'm going faster than 35mph in the winter is to go up to Monarch to ski. I def wouldn't run a M/T year round living in the city

 

I beg to differ sir. I'm running 10 ply Thunderer MT's on my lifted 2.7 year round in NH. They are monsters in the snow IMO.

 

Unless you want to run winter tires and summer tires as has already been suggested, you'll need to make a concession somewhere. There's no one size fits all tire that's great for out here.
I started with Ridge Grapplers for the summer and Blizzaks in the winter. This year I decided to run my Ridge Grapplers year round and deal with the lower winter performance on them. I didn't feel like doing the seasonal swap and to be honest, there hasn't really been a ton of snow or even real cold the last few years along the front range.

 

I've run BFG's, Toyo's and now General. The ATx are by far the best I've ever used.
I run them in 235/85/16.

https://generaltire.com/tires/light-trucksuv/grabber-atx

 

It's Denver. It snows a handful of times in the winter and the sun usually melts it off by lunchtime. The worst issues you'll have is ice on roads that don't get sun.

Half the Tacomas here have K02s year round and they're garbage in the snow.

 

Luv my 265/75/16 A/T Duratracs for this very reason. Quiet in the summer, and have the best rain rating. Comes with the 3 peak snow designation, so I don't use dedicated winter tires anymore.

Only wish they came in a 255/80 or 85/16 size.